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"Beautifully written.... Gates <has a> pitch-perfect ear for contemporary speech...and...<a> keen, journalistic eye."--Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times In this comic, fiercely compassionate novel, David Gates, whose first novel Jernigan was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize,... read more

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Late Friday afternoon they start for Preston Falls: Jean and the kids in the Cherokee, Willis in his truck with Rathbone the dog riding shotgun.

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  1. David Gates (Author)

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